Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Title:
Nuns Praying at Altar of a Church
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 9/16 inches (34.3 × 26.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "IV/47"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.673
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
monument | Doric | archways | statue | nuns | apse | altar | church | praying | Catholicism | religious and mythological subject | kneeling | paintings | crucifix
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:26855